I got you seeds to celebrate
What had taken root today
And like an annual, with this I say
I’ll plant it all again
I got you seeds to represent
How we’ve weaved our spines
And bent— towards one another
To grow together, slowly as we went
How our round-up ready
Slow and steady
Romance sprouts its head
Giving new life with the price
Of growing on the dead
I got you seeds instead of flowers
(With the hope of daily showers
Falling on our head)
So that you can watch us come alive
And after a year’s time we thrive
And I promise you, should we survive,
This time next year, I’ll plant it all again.
For flowers last a week, maybe,
And in all their splendorous glory
You only get to watch them die
So slowly, it may be.
But I say we are more than that
So, with this, I tip my hat
And tell you like an English chap
“Have a jolly good day”
Because with a love like this
And promise like that
And the One we both believe in
Why the hell not?
Apr 6, 2012
Apr 6, 2012 at 2:23 AM UTC
I got you seeds to celebrate
What had taken root today
And like an annual, with this I say
I’ll plant it all again
I got you seeds to represent
How we’ve weaved our spines
And bent— towards one another
To grow together, slowly as we went
How our round-up ready
Slow and steady
Romance sprouts its head
Giving new life with the price
Of growing on the dead
I got you seeds instead of flowers
(With the hope of daily showers
Falling on our head)
So that you can watch us come alive
And after a year’s time we thrive
And I promise you, should we survive,
This time next year, I’ll plant it all again.
For flowers last a week, maybe,
And in all their splendorous glory
You only get to watch them die
So slowly, it may be.
But I say we are more than that
So, with this, I tip my hat
And tell you like an English chap
“Have a jolly good day”
Because with a love like this
And promise like that
And the One we both believe in
Why the hell not?
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